It’s been a bumper year for the European Supply Chain Excellence Awards with 120 companies submitting entries. Entrants now have until 12th July to finalise their entries before the judging process starts
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Wincanton moved back into profit last year, reporting a pre-tax profit of £20.4m against a loss of £47.4m the year before. “We were especially delighted to support the London 2012 Games,” said CEO Eric Born
DHL Global Forwarding has launched DHL Thermonet, a new air freight product tailored to the Life Sciences and Healthcare sector, hoping to offer customers a transparent and regulatory compliant platform to manage their temperature-sensitive shipments
Kerry Logistics has opened three new logistics centres with a total area of 140,000 sq m in China
The Hut Group, the online retailer and brand owner, has extended its lease on a 110,000 sq ft distribution centre in Warrington
DHL Supply Chain has developed a new 14 tonner series hybrid truck, as part of its GoGreen Programme, which has a target of improving its mother company Deutsche Post DHL’s overall CO2 emissions by 30 per cent by 2020.
Massive e-commerce is driving rapid growth in the number of packages being delivered each year, so companies are going to have to think hard about their packaging systems and materials, says Johanna Parsons
As retail chains write down their store assets and high streets atrophy, home delivery becomes increasingly important in the over-all “cost to serve”. Is the model sustainable or will something have to change?
UK marketing chief John Stocker explains the automotive specialist’s strategy to Johanna Parsons
Any discussion of supply chain risk tends to focus on such things as natural disasters and supplier failures
